2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship


The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Poland from 30 August to 21 September 2014. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to the host nation Poland, 23 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in seven venues across seven Polish cities, with the final being held at Spodek, Katowice.
The tournament was won by the host country Poland, who beat Brazil in the final. Poland became the third team in the history of the competition to be crowned as champions in their own country, joining the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.
563,263 fans watched the matches during the 18-day event, smashing the previous records in the competition. In Italy four years earlier, the total was 339,324, while in Japan in 2006, it was 298,352.

Host

Finals hosts Poland. The tournament was held in seven Poland cities.

Information

On 4 September 2008 the FIVB announced it had agreed a partnership deal for Poland to host the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in 2014. "This will be the biggest and most beautiful sports event in the world, not only in volleyball but throughout the whole sports family," said FIVB Honorary Life President Rubén Acosta. "Poland – I'm sure about it – will make this championship very special."
Acosta and FIVB President Wei Jizhong agreed the deal in Warsaw following negotiations with the Polish Minister of Sport, Mirosław Drzewiecki; Mirosław Błaszczyk, President of the Board of Administration of Polsat Television; Polsat Television Sports Department Director, Marian Kmita and Polish Volleyball Federation President, Mirosław Przedpełski.
Volleyball in Poland has enjoyed a huge surge in popularity during the 2000s. The Polish Men's team finished as runners-up at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Japan and a year later, Katowice hosted one of the best-ever FIVB Volleyball World League Final Rounds.
The remaining 12 teams were drawn across the bottom three positions of each of the four first round pools.
A record number of 279 teams participated in the qualification process for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championships. This total, coming from 166 national federations across the five FIVB confederations, represents an increase of 65 teams from the previous best of 214 teams from 119 federations for the 2010 World Championships.

Qualification

The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams that would compete in the championship competition. Hosts Poland were granted automatic qualification. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 23 spots. Africa was granted three, Asia and Oceania four, Europe eight, North America five, and South America three places.
Africa Asia and Oceania Europe North America South America

Pool U Winners:
Pool V Winners: 		Pool A Winners:
Pool B Winners:
Pool C Winners:
Host Country:
2013 CEV Champions:
2013 CEV Runners-up:
Pool I Winners:
Pool J Winners:
Pool K Winners:
Pool L Winners:
Pool M Winners:

Pool P Winners:
Pool Q Winners:
Pool R Winners:
Playoff Winners: 		2013 CSV Champions:

Pools composition

First round

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 October 2013. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in Warsaw, Poland on 27 January 2014. Because the CAVB and NORCECA qualification process were in progress on 27 January 2014, the best world rankings of CAVB and NORCECA were used when the draw was made. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 5th.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

[|Second round]

[|Third round]

The third round draw was held in Łódź, Poland on 14 September 2014. The 1st ranked teams of Pools E and F were placed in different pools, while the second and third placed teams were drawn.

Squads

Venues

It was the first time Poland had hosted an FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. Matches were played in Kraków, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Łódź, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw.
Pool A Pool A and FPool B, F, G and Final fourPool C
Warsaw, Poland Wrocław, Poland Katowice, Poland Gdańsk–Sopot, Poland
National StadiumCentennial HallSpodekErgo Arena
Capacity: 62,100Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 11,500Capacity: 11,409

Pool DPool E, H and [|5th place match]Pool E
Kraków, Poland Łódź, Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland
Kraków ArenaAtlas ArenaŁuczniczka
Capacity: 15,328Capacity: 13,805Capacity: 8,500

Pool standing procedure

  1. Match points
  2. Number of matches won
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Opening ceremony

The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Poland 2014 begins on August 30 with a dream opening match between the hosts and Serbia, who will play to a record 62,000 spectators at the National Stadium in Warsaw.

First round

Qualified for the Second round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Qualified for the Third round

Pool E

Pool F

Third round

Qualified for the [|Semifinals]
Qualified for the 5th place match

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
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5
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7
7
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9
11
11
13
13
15
15
17
17
17
17
21
21
21
21

Awards

Sponsors

The competition's official opening song was "Start a Fire" by Margaret. She also performed the song at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship opening ceremony on August 30 in National Stadium, Warsaw, prior to the Poland v. Serbia match. This event was transmitted in over 168 countries.

Trophy

The FIVB then mandated two young product designers from Switzerland, Thilo Alex Brunner and Jörg Mettler to create the new World Championship trophy. With its unique contemporary design, the trophy has set itself apart from other awards in international competitions across the sporting world. Eichenberger LTD and their mastermind, Juan Franco, have been responsible for its production. The company specialises in complex metal works mainly for the Swiss watchmaking and jewellery industry.

Broadcasting

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Fans

More than a half million fans have watched the matches so far, smashing the previous records in the competition. In Italy four years ago, the total was 339,324, while in Japan in 2006 it was 298,352.
The first round alone topped the numbers achieved by the World Championship in Italy four years ago.
The average number of spectators per match was 5,469. Not surprisingly, Poland have been the most popular team with a total of 173,234 fans attending their games, 60,000 more than the second-ranked team Serbia.